Family and Friends: Generation in Medieval Romance

By Annick Sperlich

This volume analyses the generational relationships in the so-called 'ancestral romances, ' narratives in verse form composed in the centuries after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. The romances respond to the Normans' strong need for continuity and stability to support the establishment of their rule by preserving socio-cultur

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3825361381
• ISBN13: 9783825361389
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Universitatsverlag Winter Gmbh Heidelberg
• Length: 324 Pages